Iain Wright: I regret to inform the House that the answer I gave to parliamentary question 165558 from my hon. Friend the Member for Great Grimsby (Austin Mitchell) on 18 December 2007 (Official Report, columns 1305-06W), was printed incorrectly in the Official Report.
	The answer should read:
	A table showing the national level of housing revenue account (HRA) subsidy from 1995-96 to 2005-06—the last year for which audited data is available—is as follows:
	The table shows the value of the 'bricks and mortar' element of HRA subsidy. Prior to 2004-05, HRA subsidy also contained a rent rebate element. This is omitted from the table to ensure consistency with post 2004-05 data. Prior to 2004-05, surpluses in the 'bricks and mortar' element were applied to the cost of rent rebates for local authorities.
	
		
			  HRA subsidy (£) 
			 1995-96 -390,050,431 
			 1996-97 -563,028,455 
			 1997-98 -668,307,497 
			 1998-99 -869,992,311 
			 1999-2000 -1,040,869,030 
			 2000-01 -1,123,786,228 
			 2001-02 351,105,009 
			 2002-03 252,059,142 
			 2003-04 191,153,240 
			 2004-05 77,994,764 
			 2005-06 249,427,865 
		
	
	Pre-1995 to 1996 data is available only at disproportionate cost.
	As part of the self-financing modelling exercise, some broad forecasts of future HRA subsidy entitlement were generated at a national level. These forecasts were based upon a number of assumptions about factors such as the number of dwellings in the HRA subsidy system, interest rates and rates of inflation. The forecasts are highly sensitive to changes in any of these assumptions. It is based upon the 2007-08 HRA subsidy system.
	The forecast subsidies generated were as follows:
	
		
			  HRA subsidy (£ million) 
			 2008-09 -194 
			 2009-10 -216 
			 2010-11 -303 
			 2011-12 -421 
			 2012-13 -424 
			 2013-14 -376 
			 2014-15 -398 
			 2015-16 -434 
			 2016-17 -476 
			 2017-18 -543 
			 2018-19 -611 
			 2019-20 -680 
			 2020-21 -750 
			 2021-22 -822 
			 2022-23 -894